Qm-260 Oral

Qm-260 Oral Interactions

Your doctor or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with your doctor or pharmacist first.

This drug should generally not be used with the following medications because very serious interactions may occur:

• disopyramide
• amiodarone
• quinidine
• procainamide
• flecainide
• propafenone
• sotalol
• ibutilide
• droperidol
• bepridil
• ziprasidone
• dofetilide
• cisapride
• arbutamine
• pimozide
• astemizole
• halofantrine
• mefloquine
• penicillamine

These drugs, among others, may affect the heart rhythm (QTc prolongation in the EKG). QTc prolongation can infrequently result in a serious (rarely fatal) irregular heartbeat. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details and for instructions on how you may reduce the risk of this effect.

Medications that increase or decrease quinine blood levels should also usually be avoided (e.g., erythromycin, troleandomycin, rifampin).

If you are currently using any of these medications listed above, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting quinine.

Antacids containing aluminum and magnesium hydroxide should be taken more than 2 hours before or after a quinine dose.

Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of:

• digoxin
• carbamazepine
• phenobarbital
• warfarin
• desipramine

This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.

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